Can-closure.



L. M. MEYEHS. CAN CLOSURE. APPLICATION man SEPT. 13. 1916.

' Patented Mar. 27, 1917.

l l Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Mar, 2'3, 11917, pplication filed September 13, 1916. Serial No. 119,898.

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To all whom it may con Be it known that I a citizen of the A M. MEYERS, United Stat residing at he county of Q rk, have inven Improvement of which the followin reference be accompanying draw y invention relat can closures, and In to an improved attach State of New Y new and useful ted certain s in Cang is a speciherein to the es to improvements in particularly relates ing means for the of the top of the cover 4, by means of'solder' or rivets, the edge 7 of the plate 6 being bent a slight distance below the ,top of the cover 4. The said edge 7 is doubled upon itself at 8.

In applying the cover 4: to the .can 1, the flanges9 are passed down through the openings 3, between the ears 2, on the can bod the openings 9 in the plate passing over the ears 2. e cover is then turned by means of the handle 10 so that the ears 2 pass between the flanges 9 and the downcover of a garbage can.

h ordinary type of garbage can hav- Wardly bent portion 7 of the plate 6. The

ears 2 are then secured in place and the he usual flan the can is ti and the gar he can unfit as a sani ge cover top whenever p is dislodged bage 1n the can spilled, making e top on the preventing its dislodgment until wardly to a slight degree, asis shown in 2.

he same is removed fo the can or f present IIIIPIOVG: ng means for the and cheap to manment is to A provide a holdi cover whic h is simple,

Other objects and mprovement ing descriptio advantages of the 11 be set forth in n and drawings, in

ectional view showing the Figure 1 is a v e can and cover ans in operation.

a disassemb of the can and cover sh ing means carried by them.

' g now to the through th locking me led .perspective view g the interlockdrawings in det numerals design the several figures,

made integral with the can body or secured he can, as is shown A plate 6 is secured to the inside Fig.

Attention is directed to the fact that the space between the wall 1 of the can and the flange 5 of the cover 4 is sufiicient to permit the ears 2 to extend between them and cover the ears and the flanges 9.

respectively.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A garbage can comprising a body portion having a plurality of ears carried by t e'upper edge thereof, a cover, a plate carthe plate bent downwardly from the cover ried by the under side thereof, the edge of aving a plurality of inwardly extending portions parallel with the plate forming flanges, the said flanges adapted to inter lock with the ears carried by the can body portion.

2. A garbage can comprising a body portion having a plurality of outwardly extending and downwardly inclined ears carried by the upper edge thereof, a cover, a plate carried by the cover, the edge of the plate bent downwardly from the cover and having a plurality of inwardly extending portions parallel with the plate forming flanges spaced apart from the plate, the the cover and having a plurality of in- 5 said flanges-t adapted to interlock with the wardly extendinig portions parallel with the ears on the can body and frictionally hold plate forming anges spaced a art from them between the said flanges and the the plate, the said flanges adapte to inter- 5 downwardl bent edges of the plate. lock with the ears on the cam body and 3. A gar age'can tcomprismg a body porfrictionally hold them between the said 20 tion having a plurality of outwardly exflanges and the downwardly bent edges of tending and downwardly Inclined ears carthe plate. a ried byrtheupper edge thereof, a cover of In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my P10 a; greater diameter than the can and havin signature in the presence of two witnesses. a ependingflange surrounding the top 0 LAURA M. MEYERS. the "can and covering the ears carried Witnesses: thereby, ajplate carried by the cover, the L URA'M. NELSON, edges of the plate bent downwardly from THOMAS M. FAY. 

